Addiction in its various forms represents an enormous challenge to society.
Societal and medical responses to the problem are far from optimal, but the appearance of new technologies offers ro.
Worldwide, it has been estimated that alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs were responsible of more than 10 million deaths (Anderson et al, 2018), with a higher impact in developed countries where substance use disorders have been identified as responsible for life expectancy reversals (Rehm et al, 2016).
Addiction in its various forms represents an enormous challenge to society